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Not long after the end of the defensive battle on the southern front, the soldiers under the hundred-man commander of Cadiz Milt immediately gathered their formation and calmly gathered at the gathering place in the village. Civilians who had been hiding in the shelter probably heard the news and returned to their homes under the guidance of members of the self-police group.

As the soldiers passed by the crowd of returning villagers with Flick on a stretcher, they were greeted with warm thanks. They should have thought that the soldiers were heroes who protected Lemongrass, and that Flick on a stretcher was a man who had been unfortunately wounded in battle.

Therefore, the villagers of Lemongrass, though mostly anxious to rush home, moved out of the way when they saw the soldiers who were going against the crowd to the gathering place, and shouted words of thanks to them. I don't know what they would have thought if they had seen them shouting long live to greet these people now, and had put on a look of "outsiders cannot be trusted" two days ago.

"Hey, look at these guys. One soldier pretended to wave to the villagers, and whispered to his companion, "When we first arrived, they secretly avoided us, saying things in dialects behind our backs that we didn't understand—but now they're clapping their hands and wishing us victory, and their attitude toward us has probably been forgotten." ”

He probably wasn't trying to make fun of the villagers of Lemongrass, but if someone else heard it, it might mean something else. Frick agrees that the people living in this settlement are indeed too xenophobic, and when he and Suvar arrived, they heard a lot of unpleasant things.

But this does not completely put the blame on the villagers, after all, Lemongrass is a relatively poor village, and it is almost exhausted for the sake of daily life. The monsters that have recently appeared around the village have brought them a lot of pressure, and the investigation team of the garrison that has not done anything before has become the last grass that overwhelms the camels, making the villagers nervous, and the self-police group watching everything with a suspicious look.

In any case, the human heart is indeed fickle. ”

Frick coughed and laughed, "It's said in a certain book that almost all that remains in our minds and can shape our 'selves' is memories that are beneficial to us. And it is these memories that are beneficial to us that determine what kind of behavior we will take. ”

After making a casual speech with a sentence from the book that he had come up with, he suddenly felt a deep tiredness, and after sighing, he once again changed to an indifferent expression. After all, these words were just complaints, and he did not want to mention them later, at least in the face of the same kind of things.

Anyone who wants to understand people's hearts by reading books may say that it is unrealistic, after all, the words in books are ultimately summarized by the experience of others. There are chasms between people, but no matter how deep they are, trying to get past them is still wishful thinking.

I don't know if it was because of Flick's speech, the soldiers who had become silent stopped waving in response to the cheers of the villagers, but hurried Frick back to the hotel. And in the hall on the first floor, in addition to those people I have met in the past few days, there are also some faces that I have not seen before.

The lobby of the hotel was divided into two sides, with the military represented by Captain Cadiz Mildt on one side and the people who had never seen costumes on the other. Before they entered, the men on either side seemed to be discussing some project, and the atmosphere in the hall was tinged with hostility.

Beside Uls Leinster stood several sorcerers of the Raven Society, who were as completely out of the way as air. They did not intend to participate in the "discussions" on either side of the flank, but simply acted with Urs Leinster.

"I am glad to see you return safely. ”

Seeing the soldiers carrying the wounded Frick into the hall, all eyes were on him, and Sir Leinster smiled steadily. The people who were divided into two sides of the confrontation also turned their eyes in this direction, and Frick suddenly became the center of attention.

Frick, who is not used to being in the spotlight, is uncomfortable with the current situation, but he does not think he is qualified to protest against the status quo. He noticed a few strong-willed eyes looking him up and down, and when he looked back, he saw that they were all people he didn't know.

Frick was sure that the guys didn't take part in the defensive battle that broke out before, and it was likely that the battle was nearing its end, or even after the monsters had retreated. However, he couldn't understand what he had done, so he would be stared at with such a malicious gaze.

"Listen to me first. ”

Sir Leinster looked around and said unhurriedly, "I have listened to your previous arguments, and I am no more than entangled in the difference between whether their monsters have escaped from the institute or whether they are secretly controlled. Having thought about it, I asked the young scribe, Frick Sierra Leone, to carry it as a temptation - and the result was witnessed not only by Sierra Leone, but also by some of the soldiers. ”

So he asked Suval and the soldiers who had gone to the rescue to tell him what they had seen, and although they had only seen the devastation of the warehouse and the fleeing mage, the throwing knives and other objects he had collected were enough evidence to prove it. In addition to this, he asked Frick to repeat what he had told the soldiers, and while those who stared at him with malicious eyes clearly didn't quite believe him, his injuries were enough to convince the others.

Those who arrived not long ago didn't seem to belong to the same camp, and there was a clear difference between the style and color of the uniforms on their bodies. In addition to the few guys who glared at Frick viciously, there were also a few people in different costumes, who just cast curious glances at him.

At least Uls Leinster didn't hide the fact that he was using Flick as bait, and Flick was already mentally prepared. In fact, on the way back, Frick had asked Suval what the order Sir Leinster had given him earlier.

He hadn't forgotten what Uls Leinster had said before he set out, he had given him the magic box and told him to take it to the north side. He also seems to have given Suvar some tasks, and told Frick Suval that he would be waiting for him at his destination.

Suval's answer to this question was simple - Urs Leinster had him get in touch with the soldiers guarding the north flank, and to intensify his patrols in the vicinity. He also mentions that Sir Leinster told him to leave a mark of magic along the way, so that someone would not infiltrate the village and continue to wreak havoc.

Not long after Frick and the assailant began fighting, Suval and his soldiers noticed an unnatural movement in that direction, but at that point, they were unable to rush to the rescue in time for them to be intercepted by something strange.

Those things...... It looks like a moving shadow with a human-like silhouette, and uses a cold weapon condensed from the shadow to attack them. These enemies, while agile and skillful, are vulnerable to attack.

Not even a single bullet was used, and the light blow of the melee weapon he carried would tear those "shadows" apart, and the split shadows would instantly collapse into black fragments and dissipate into the air. Suval felt that they were some kind of spell-like creation, but the ones that were knocked down did not leave the slightest remnant, let alone analyze what spell they were made from.

Compared to Frick, the enemies they face are vulnerable, but they are quite difficult, and no matter how many times they are knocked down, it will not take long for them to strike again. To make matters worse, there were plenty of throwing knives or signs of destruction on Frick's side as evidence, and there was nothing left of their fight.

Even if they tell the story of their battles, if they don't have the right evidence to prove it, they will only be questioned if they have been spelled by illusions. It was good enough that they weren't suspected of lying, after all, the only people who saw and fought the "Shadows" were this group of soldiers and Suval.

"If you suspect something, you can investigate the remnants of magic in the village after the fact, and if you find anything unusual, you can see where the spell was cast. And in the face of these men's undisguised suspicions, Sir Leinster responded, "Yet in all accounts, it must be clear that there is 'someone' who has acted after this matter, and that it is very likely that this is the object." ”

With that, he opened the wooden box that Frick had returned to him—and in an instant, a thick amount of magic flowed from the box like a fountain to all sides, filling almost the entire hall in a moment. Touched by the wave-like magic, Frick felt his head hurt even more.

The contents of the box appear to be some kind of ornament, but they are neither rings nor pendants, and the triangular silver-gray metal piece makes it difficult to see what it originally did. Grooves are carved into the surface of the sheet, and in the center of it is a small piece of polished gemstone.

All the magic that pervades this hall flows from that "gem", which itself can almost be said to be a solid mass of condensed mana. If one were to describe the phenomenon of "visible magic", there would be nothing more appropriate than it.

"It's ......"

Almost everyone showed a look of surprise when they saw the ornament, not because of the piece of metal itself, but because of something that was constantly overflowing with magic embedded in the center of the ornament. The "gem" was undoubtedly a pale blue fragment of moonstone, which had been processed into an ornament.

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